Dr. Jae
Educator
Dr. Jae M. Williams, affectionally known as "Dr. Jae," is an award-winning educator. In 2022 Williams was awarded the prestigious Dean's Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Work for his dissertation titled America's Empathy Deficit: Our Bloody Heirloom and the Invisible Backpack, Northeastern University's highest honor. Jae has spent over a decade in education, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in K-12 and at the college and university levels.
His research highlights how the history of race in America and higher education play a role in the lack of diverse stories we see in mainstream media. Jae has spent over a decade in education, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in K-12 and higher education.
In the Spring of 2022, Williams' launched the Creative Café Collective, a media production company that features the popular podcast Dr. Jae's Office Hours which focuses on building a dynamic learning community anchored in social justice centering college students representing marginalized communities. He also shares a weekly newsletter titled Educator Unplugged, an intimate journal series shared to inspire personal growth, hope, and lifelong learning.
